We live, simultaneously, in two different worlds. Ultimately, we live in the World of Nature, a world that we did not create and the world upon which all life depends. Most immediately, we inhabit a "human world" that we create ourselves. Because our human world is the result of our own choices and actions, we can say, quite properly, that we live, most immediately, in a “political world.” In this blog, I hope to explore the interaction of these two worlds that we call home.

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Gary A. Patton

I was an elected official in Santa Cruz County, California for twenty years, from 1975 to 1995. Now, I am an environmental attorney, practicing law in Santa Cruz County. If you would like to contact me, send me an email at gapatton@mac.com.

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Friday, March 7, 2014

#66 / That FREE Spring Card Collection

I regularly make contributions to the National Wildlife Federation. Unfortunately, NWF and other wonderful environmental groups regularly bombard me with unsolicited FREE merchandise, from greeting cards, to blankets, to monogrammed water bottles, all items that I don't need or want. Just the other day I got a huge package in the mail from the NWF, filled with a FREE "Spring Card Collection."

Organizations interested in protecting and preserving the World of Nature need to resist the temptation to manufacture and distribute more things. On the envelope that delivered me the unwanted card collection, I was advised to "Open Immediately." If I opened immediately, I could "claim a FREE insulated lunch bag."

I am going to advise the National Wildlife Federation that I am following a new and improved recycling pledge. The admonition has always been (in this order) to: Reduce / Reuse / Recycle. That is still good advice.

But before you even get into that hierarchy of proper actions, add another "R."

2 comments:

Sadly, even after I stop renewing my membership support for national "environmental" groups (e.g. Defenders of Wildlife), I continue to receive the same junk mail. I like the addition of "refuse" to the Re word list!